In the cloistered world of competitive surf-lifesaving, an Australian hero is de-throned as the reigning champion by a younger, gay competitor. Read More »
Sport
Kids Return: The Reunion AKA Kizzu ritân: Saikai no toki (2013) Hiroshi Shimizu, Yûta Hiraoka, Takahiro Miura, Bengal
Set 10 years after “Kids Return.” Shinji and Masaru have graduated from high school with different paths in their lives. Read More »
Pit Stop (1969) Jack Hill, Brian Donlevy, Richard Davalos, Ellen Burstyn
Grant Willard sponsors drivers in a “new” form of race car driving called The Figure Eight. Read More »
Body and Soul (1947) Robert Rossen, John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks
Charley Davis wins an amateur boxing match and is taken on by promoter Quinn. Read More »
Ringside (1949) Frank McDonald, Don ‘Red’ Barry, Tom Brown, Sheila Ryan
Joe O’Hara, a hard fighter, wants the championship title for the money to finance the concert pianist career of his brother Mike Read More »
Neptune’s Daughter (1949) Edward Buzzell, Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban
Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O’Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Read More »
Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) Mervyn LeRoy, Esther Williams, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon
Million Dollar Mermaid tells the story of Australian swimming sensation Annette Kellerman Read More »
Heart Like a Wheel (1983) Jonathan Kaplan, Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Bruce Barlow
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Read More »
The Baron and the Kid (1984) Gary Nelson, Johnny Cash, Darren McGavin, Greg Webb
William “The Baron” Addington is a former pool pro whose lifetime of boozing has cost him his career and family. Read More »
One in a Million (1936) Sidney Lanfield, Sonja Henie, Adolphe Menjou, Don Ameche
American theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden. Read More »